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  • RE: Issues with Update DateTime column with GETDATE() using insert and delete triggers

    Aksheela,

    Nice description of the problem and the code, thanks. However, the one thing you left out was the delete statement, so I have a few questions.

    Do your deletes occur...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    *sighs* Can't really blame you Grant.

    GSquared (2/9/2011)


    It's a pretty standard mindset and handling. Fits right into the behavior-prediction algorithms I was writing about last week. There are two...


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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nzngh (2/8/2011)


    Your comment about Job for Bob is really strange to me for it never ever occurred to me to work in a company whose their people compromise a...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (2/8/2011)


    Craig Farrell (2/8/2011)


    *sighs* I've failed sainthood. I leave this gentleman in your hands, he can't even debate well, and my patience is stretching to the unprofessional realms.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1059167-145-1.aspx

    One...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Tom.Thomson (2/8/2011)


    Craig Farrell (2/8/2011)


    *sighs* I've failed sainthood. I leave this gentleman in your hands, he can't even debate well, and my patience is stretching to the unprofessional realms.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1059167-145-1.aspx

    I've joined...


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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nadabadan (2/8/2011)


    ... Snip ...

    Computer science theory background? What the hell is bubble tree logic? Hardware buffer usage? You are just writing nonsense to sound intelligent. The algorithm I was referring...


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  • RE: Shared SQL Server

    One important thing I didn't see mentioned here as I breezed through was Disk I/O and SAN organization.

    For example, your TempDB is about to be shared to multiple reporting applications,...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    *sighs* I've failed sainthood. I leave this gentleman in your hands, he can't even debate well, and my patience is stretching to the unprofessional realms.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1059167-145-1.aspx


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nadabadan (2/8/2011)


    The only reason I'm up-in-arms is because others( you and GSquared mainly ) are up-in-arms about a simple interview question. To me, this interview question is a simple benign...


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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nadabadan (2/8/2011)


    The interviewer wasn't asking what is the best or even a good way to find the min/max value. When you are forced to use a CASE statement, you have...


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  • RE: ensuring maintenance gets done on a 24/7 database

    A way we used to deal with this on some critical systems, specifically the reindexing, was object swaps.

    Copy the table in question, make sure it's auditing so you can re-process...


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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nadabadan (2/8/2011)


    Right and if you have 10 years of experience with T-SQL, this question would have been a breeze and you would understand the REASON for the question. And since...


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  • RE: Looking for a word occurence count in a rowset scenario.

    :Wow::blink:

    Nice idea Lowell... faster by a magnitude of nearly 10. (Edit: Heh, whoops, sorry. Faster 10x at the CPU level, 50% of time at the final timing. I...


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  • RE: To get the Max value from one column with case statement without using any aggregate functions

    nadabadan (2/8/2011)


    Or how about if you want to see how much a person REALLY knows about T-SQL or want to see their thought process. I doubt these people actually use...


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  • RE: Almost same data, same number of records same index ...scan Vs Seek?

    sqldba_icon (2/8/2011)


    Thanks Gail. The exec plan has all the table names and database names. I am little hesistant to send it that way. What do you suggest?

    Well, you could open...


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